Hepatica acutiloba - Plant

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The flowers of Sharp-Lobed Hepatica bloom earlier than most spring-blooming wildflowers of woodlands. They are delicately attractive and have a tendency to blow about on their slender stems in the wind.

Description for Hepatica acutiloba

This herbaceous perennial plant. It consists of a tuft of basal leaves. Each leaf is palmately divided into 3 lobes; the lobes are oval-ovate and approximately the same size. The upper surface is more green during the summer, but become reddish brown during the winter. A mature plant will produce a tuft of flowers on long stalks during early to mid-spring.

Planting and care

The preference is dappled sunlight during the spring and light shade during the summer. The basal leaves should be left undisturbed during the winter. The soil should be well-drained, loamy, and can contain some rocky material, including pieces of limestone; a thin-layer of decaying leaves is also beneficial.